Duran Ventures Inc. announced the initiation of a diamond drilling program at the Company's 100% owned Aguila Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Project in Ancash, Peru. Explo Drilling Peru S.R.L has been contracted and drilling is expected to commence early in February. This phase of drilling will focus in the Aguila central pit area where previous drilling intersected numerous, significant intersections of copper and molybdenum.

The objective of this drill program is to expand the higher grade measured and indicated resource. The company's drill plans are designed to expand the existing Indicated Resource by infill and adjacent drilling proximal to this core of Indicated Resource. The drill program is expected to reclassify this adjacent material presently classified as an Inferred Resource as determined by SRK.

Much of the higher grade intersections in the pit area start at, or are close to surface. Initially, drilling will test mineralization east of the intercept in AGD-016, returning from surface 396 metres of 0.69% Cu and 0.042% Mo. Furthermore, previous drill results north of the SRK indicated resource show numerous high grade intercepts contained within the surrounding Inferred Resource.

Drilling in this area is Access to drill sites in this initial phase is considered excellent and weather will not affect the completion of the drill program. Further drilling on the extensive Aguila property will be considered after review of results from these five holes.